This is a pretty run of the mill John Wayne B-western of the 1930s with one major exception. Like his few 'Singing Sandy' films Wayne made during this era, the producers of this movie decided to make Wayne a singer---even though his singing voice was apparently rather scary. So, they dubbed him with a singer a bazillion octaves lower than Wayne's real voice--and the result is absolutely hilarious.
As for the rest of the film, it had a moderately interesting plot. It begins years earlier and Wayne is a young boy going across the prairie in a wagon with his pioneer family. The group is attacked by bandits and the adults are all killed. Wayne is assumed dead and his younger brother is adopted by the bandits. Now, years later, Wayne still is searching for his lost brother as well as heading a crusade of SINGING vigilantes on their quest to rid the west of gangs of thieves. Naturally, being a movie, eventually Wayne and his long-lost brother end up on opposite sides--neither knowing the identity of the other.
While the plot is silly, it was enjoyable and pretty typical in style to the bazillion Bs Wayne made through the 1930s. Fast-paced, enjoyable and entertaining.
As for the rest of the film, it had a moderately interesting plot. It begins years earlier and Wayne is a young boy going across the prairie in a wagon with his pioneer family. The group is attacked by bandits and the adults are all killed. Wayne is assumed dead and his younger brother is adopted by the bandits. Now, years later, Wayne still is searching for his lost brother as well as heading a crusade of SINGING vigilantes on their quest to rid the west of gangs of thieves. Naturally, being a movie, eventually Wayne and his long-lost brother end up on opposite sides--neither knowing the identity of the other.
While the plot is silly, it was enjoyable and pretty typical in style to the bazillion Bs Wayne made through the 1930s. Fast-paced, enjoyable and entertaining.